Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 940 of 2019).

These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008 to provide for the implementation of the provisions of Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973, as amended by the Protocols of 1978 and 1997 as they relate to the requirements for ships to be issued with an international energy efficiency certificate (“IEE Certificate”) and a statement of compliance relating to fuel oil consumption. They impose a requirement for ships of more than 400 gross tonnage to be issued with an IEE Certificate. The Regulations also require ships of more than 5,000 gross tonnage to be issued with a Statement of Compliance. The Regulations also make consequential amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011 and the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018.